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The Runaway BunnyHe was in such a hurry to run away that he did not even stop to clear off his breakfast table. He did not even stop to wind his clock or lock his front door! Suddenly, without any warning whatever, Old Mother...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 17, Vol. I, April 26, 1884The numerous aids which the government have from time to time afforded through the agency of the Post-office for the encouragement of thrift and providence amongst the poorer...

PorgyPORGY lived in the Golden Age. Not the Golden Age of a remote and legendary past; nor yet the chimerical era treasured by every man past middle life, that never existed except in the heart of youth; but an age when men, not yet...

Țara meaAceast carte a fost scris la epoce deosebite. Partea ntia a vzut lumina ntrun ceas cnd simiam c rsboiul se apropia de hotarele noastre i, tiind n ce parte ne vom hotr, am pregtit o serie de schie uoare pentru a fi trimise...

Spider-webs in Verse: A Collection of Lyrics for Leisure Moments, Spun at Idle HoursNo word, no act, no consecrated gift of mine, how great or slight soever it may be, can ever repay the beneficence and love of you to whom I owe life...

Nuts in Family Meals: A Guide for ConsumersOn January 24, 1978, four USDA AgenciesAgricultural Research Service (ARS), Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS), Extension Service (ES), and the National Agricultural Library (NAL)merged to become a new organization, the Science and Education Administration (SEA), U.S. Department...

30 Tempting Spaghetti Meals: Easy, Economical, DeliciousIt takes real planning to feed a family both economically and well. But youll find Franco-American Spaghetti a big help in solving your problem. Few foods provide so much real nourishment and deliciousnessat such low cost. Serve it...

Jungle TalesMrs. Croker has already achieved a secure foothold in that temple of Anglo-Indian fiction whereof Mr. Rudyard Kipling is the high-priest. Her tales have a freshness and piquancy that are all their own.... So long as the author of Diana Barrington can produce...

The Land of Afternoon: A SatireHowever this novel may be classified by readers or librarians, it is frankly intended to be a satire upon some phases of social and political life in Canada. Satire is properly a criticism of human folly or unworthiness in...

The Jade GodMR. JARRAD was a tall, lean man, with very quiet eyes, an observant air, and an impassive face. His clothing was unobtrusive and seemed to have arrived at that point of age at which clothing shows no further sign of wear. He...

By Honour Bound: A School Story for GirlsStepping out of the train in the wake of Tom, Dorothy was at once caught in the crowd on Paddington arrival platform. She was pushed and squeezed and buffeted, but her eyes were shining, and her face...

Highways of Canadian LiteratureHighways of Canadian Literature provides teachers and students in educational institutions and readers in general with a complete history of the Canadian literature extant in the English language. In very recent years Canadian universities and colleges have added to their curricula...

Hare and TortoiseKEBLE EVELEYS voice, rising and falling in graceful patterns, had lulled his wifes mind into a tranquil remoteness. She had got more from the sinuosity of the sentences he was reading than from the thesis they upheld. Walter Pater had so little...

Green Timber ThoroughbredsOld Dave Hinch awoke with the bitter trickle of smoke in his nose; and his first idea was that he must have fallen asleep with his pipe in his mouth, lost his grip on it and set fire to his beard. That...

Greek AthleticsIN a previous volume[A] an attempt was made to set out the principles followed by the Greeks in the three sister arts of acting, music, and painting; and to show how in some respects we have failed to improve upon their practice. It...

Inspector French's Greatest CaseThe back streets surrounding Hatton Garden, in the City of London, do not form at the best of times a cheerful or inspiring prospect. Narrow and mean, and flanked with ugly, sordid-looking buildings grimy from exposure to the smoke and fogs...

On Time; or, Bound to Get ThereHoratio Alger is to boys what Charles Dickens is to grown-ups. His work is just as popular to-day as it was years ago. The books have a quality, the value of which is beyond computation. There are legions...

Devils Postpile National Monument, California [1984]Along the picturesque Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River at 2,300 meters (7,600 feet) on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada lies Devils Postpile National Monument. The 324-hectare (800-acre) monument near the resort community of Mammoth Lakes...

The Mosquito FleetPhotographs used on the cover are courtesy of the U.S. Navy. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not be resold, lent, or otherwise circulated in any binding or cover other than that in which it is publishedunless...

Louise, Queen of PrussiaThere have been greater queens in history,Elizabeth of England, Catherine of Russia, Maria Theresa of Austria, and others,greater in diplomacy and statecraft and power, but none purer, nobler, or lovelier than Louise, Queen of Prussia, whose pathetic life is narrated in...